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PROGRAM 



CEREMONIES ATTENDING THE BURIAL OF 
AN UNKNOWN AND UNIDENTIFIED AMERICAN SOLDIER 

WHO LOST HIS LIFE DURING 
THE WORLD WAR 



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PROGRAM 
Ceremonies; at iWemorial glmpJ)itf)eater 

NOVEMBER 11, 1921 



1. All guests provided with reserved seats in the Amphitheater 
take their places by 1 1 . 1 5 A. M. Those not provided with seats take 
position in the areas allotted outside of the Amphitheater by the 
same hour. 

2. At 11.15 A. M. the casket bearing The Remains arrives at the 
west entrance of the Amphitheater. 

3. The casket is removed by the body bearers and, preceded by 
the choir and the clergy, and followed by the pall bearers and by 
General Pershing and distinguished officers of the Army and Navy 
as mourners, is borne through the west entrance of the Amphitheater 
around the right colonnade to the apse, where it is placed on the 
catafalque. During the processional the audience will stand 
uncovered. 

4. The mourners, who have accompanied the procession from the 
Capitol and are provided with tickets to the Amphitheater, then 
enter the Amphitheater at the entrances specified on their tickets and 
take their places, guided by ushers. Those who have no tickets 
take position outside of the Amphitheater in areas reserved for them. 

5. The Marine Band takes position, via south entrance, in the 
colonnade just south of the apse and plays appropriate music. 

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6. ] 1 .50 A. M. — The President and Mrs. Harding enter the apse 
and are seated. 

7. 1 1 .56 A. M. — The National Anthem The Marine Band. 

8. 11.58 A. M. — The Invocation Chaplain Axton. 

(Audience standing.) 

9. 12 M. — Trumpet call, "Attention," thrice sounded. 

(All standing and observing two minutes' silence.) 

10. 12.02 P. M.— Termination of silence. 

(Announced by Band playing opening chord of "America.**) 

1 1 . Hymn, "America," sung by audience, led by the Quartet and 
accompanied by the Band. 

(Audience remains standing until completion of Hymn.) 

12. Address The President of the United States. 

13. Hymn, "The Supreme Sacrifice," sung by Quartet from Met- 
ropolitan Opera Company of New York, accompanied by Band. 

Miss ROSA PONSELLE Mr. MORGAN KINGSTON 

Miss JEANNE GORDON Mr. WILLIAM GUSTAFSON 

14. The Unknown Soldier is decorated with the "Congressional 
Medal of Honor" and with the "Distinguished Service Cross" by 
die President of the United States. 

1 5. The Unknown Soldier is decorated with the Belgian "Croix 
de Guerre" by Lieutenant General Baron Jacques, representing the 
Belgian Government. 

1 6. The Unknown Soldier is decorated with the "Victoria Cross" 
by Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty, accompanied by General The 
Earl of Cavan, representing the King of England. 

1 7. The Unknown Soldier is decorated with the French "Medaille 
Militaire" and with the French "Croix de Guerre" by Marshal Foch, 
representing the French Government. 

18. The Unknown Soldier is decorated with the "Gold Medal 
for Bravery" by General Armando Diaz, representing the Italian. 
Government. 

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19. The Unknown Soldier is decorated with the Roumanian 
"Virtutea MiHtara" by the Roumanian Minister, Prince Bibesco, 
representing the Roumanian Government. 

20. The Unknown . Soldier is decorated with the "Czechoslovak 
War Cross" by the Czechoslovak Minister, Dr. Bedrich Stepanek, 
representing the Czechoslovak Government. 

21 . The Unknown Soldier is decorated with the "Virtuti Militari" 
by the Polish Minister, Prince Lubomirski, representing the Polish 
Government. 

22. Hymn, "O God, our Help in Ages Past," sung by audience, 
led by the Quartet, and accompanied by Band. 

23. The Psalm Chaplain Lazaron. 

24. Solo, "I Know that My Redeemer Liveth" Miss Ponselle. 

25. The Scripture lesson Chaplain Frazier. 

26. Hymn, "Nearer, My God, to Thee," sung by audience, led 
by the Quartet, and accompanied by Band. 

(Upon completion Band moves to position outside of Amphitheater.) 

27. The Remains are then bome from the apse through the south- 
east entrance to the sarcophagus, preceded by the clergy and followed 
in order by the pall bearers, the President and Mrs. Harding, the 
Vice President and Mrs. Coolidge, senior Foreign Delegates to the 
Conference, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, the Secre- 
tary of the Navy, foreign officers who presented decorations. General 
Pershing and others seated in the apse of the Amphitheater, the Band 
playing "Our Honored Dead." The President and Mrs. Harding 
and those accompanying them from the apse take positions as indicated 
by ushers. Those seated in the ten boxes to the right and the ten 
boxes to the left of the apse, escorted by ushers, pass out through the 
entrances adjacent to the apse and take their places to the right and 
to the left, respectively, of the party immediately behind the President 
and Mrs. Harding. Members of Congress and their wives pass 
through the apse at the main east entrance and form in the rear of 
President and Mrs. Harding and those accompanying them. All 

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others seated in the Amphitheater, except those in the gallery, then 
file out of the Amphitheater by the west, north, and south entrances, 
or may remain in the Amphitheater if they so desire. Those having 
seats in the gallery will not leave the gallery until after the completion 
of the ceremony at the sarcophagus. 

28. After The Remains of the Unknown Soldier have been borne 
to the sarcophagus and while the audience is leaving the Amphitheater 
for positions near the sarcophagus, the Band plays "Lead, Kindly 
Light." 

29. The Committal Chaplain Brent. 

30. A wreath is placed on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier by 
Mr. Hamilton Fish, jr.. Representative from New York. 

31. On behalf of American War Mothers, a wreath is placed on 
the tomb of the Unknowm Soldier by Mrs. R. Emmett Digney, 
President National American War Mothers. 

32. On behalf of British War Mothers, a wreath is placed on the 
tomb of the Unknown Soldier by a British War Mother, Mrs. 
Julia McCudden. 

33. Chief Plenty Coos, Chief of the Crow Nation, representing 
the Indians of the United States, lays his war boimet and coup stick 
on the tomb of the Unknowm Soldier. 

34. Three salvos of artillery. 

35. Taps. 

36. The National Salute. 



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HYMNS. 



MY COUNTRY, 'TIS OF THEE. 

(AMERICA.) 

(SAMUEL F. SMITH, 1832.) (HENRY CAREY. 1740.) 

My country, 'tis of thee. 
Sweet land of liberty, 

Of thee I sing; 
Land where my fathers died, 
Land of the Pilgrims' pride, 
From every mountain side 

Let freedom ring! 

My native country, thee, 
Land of the noble free, 

Thy name I love; 
I love thy rocks and rills. 
Thy woods and templed hills; 
My heart with rapture thrills, 

Like that above. 

Our fathers' God, to Thee, 
Author of liberty, 

To Thee we sing; 
Long may our land be bright 
With freedom's holy light; 
Protect us by Thy might, 

Great God, our King. 

Amen. 



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THE SUPREME SACRIFICE. 

aOHN S. ARKWRIGHT.) (REV. C. HARRIS. D. D.) 

O valiant Hearts, who to your glory came 
Through dust of conflict and through batde-flame; 
Tranquil you lie, your knighdy virtue proved. 
Your memory hallowed in the Land you loved. 

Proudly you gathered, rank on rank to v/ar, 
As who had heard God's message from afar; 
All you had hoped for, all you had, you gave 
To save mankind — ^yourselves you scorned to save. 

Splendid you passed, the great surrender made. 
Into the light that nevermore shall fade; 
Deep your contentment in that blest abode. 
Who wait the last clear trumpet-call of God. 

Long years ago, as earth lay dark and still. 
Rose a loud cry upon a lonely hill. 
While in the frailty of our human clay, 
Christ, our Redeemer, passed the selfsame way. 

Still stands His Cross from that dread hour to this 
Like some bright star above the dark abyss; 
Still, through the veil, the Victor's pitying eyes 
Look down to bless our lesser Calvaries. 

These were His servants, in His steps they trod 
Following through death the martyr'd Sons of God; 
Victor He rose; victorious too shall rise 
They who drunk His cup of Sacrifice. 

O risen Lord, O Shepherd of our Dead, 
Whose Cross has brought them and whose Statf has led — 
In glorious hope their proud and sorrowing Land 
Commits her Children to Thy gracious hand. 

Amen. 



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O GOD. OUR HELP IN AGES PAST. 

(ISAAC WATTS.) (^,LUAM CROFT.) 

O God, our help in ages past. 

Our hope for years to come. 
Our shelter from the stormy blast. 

And our eternal home. 

Beneath the shadow of Thy Throne 

Thy Saints have dwelt secure; 
Sufficient is Thine arm alone, 

And our defense is sure. 

Before the hills in order stood. 

Or earth received her frame. 
From everlasting Thou art God, 

To endless years the Same. 

A thousand ages in Thy sight 

Are like an evening gone; 
Short as the watch that ends the night 

Before the rising sun. 

Time, like an ever-rolling stream. 

Bears all its sons away; 
They fly forgotten, as a dream 

Dies at the opening day. 

O God, our help in ages past. 

Our hope for years to come. 
Be Thou our guard while troubles last. 

And our eternal home. 

Amen. 



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NEARER. MY GOD, TO THEE. 

(SARAH ADAMS.) (LOWELL MASON.) 

Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee; 

E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me; 

Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee, 

Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee ! 

Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down, 
Darkness be over me, my rest a stone; 
Yet in my dreams I'd be, nearer, my God, to Thee, 
Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee ! 

There let the way appear steps unto heaven; 
All that Thou sendest me, in mercy given; 
Angels to beckon me, nearer, my God, to Thee, 
Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee ! 

Then, with my waking thoughts bright with Thy praise, 
Out of my stony griefs. Bethel, I'll raise; 
So by my woes to be, nearer, my God, to Thee, 
Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee ! 

Or if on joyful wing cleaving the sky. 

Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upwards I fly. 

Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee, 

Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee 1 



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John Martyn 
Ross Farrow 
James K. Young 
George Bayliss 
J. F. M. Bowie 
Charles E. Myers 



iHale Ci)oir tor l^vottiiional 

Director. ADOLF TOROVSKY 

Tenors: 

Thomas A. Cantwell 
George A. Myers 
Charles Birmingham 
Le Roy Goff 
P. H. O'Farrell 
Wilbur Gantz 



Milton Fillius 
Roland Williamson 
Charles Ruhl 
P. F. Downey 
Fred Roberts 
H. MacNamee 



Herman Fakler 
George Miller 
Earl Carbauh 
Arthur Deibert 
Fred East 
Arthur Murray 
William Quick 
Gerald L. Whalen 



Basses: 

Lawrence W. Downey 
Edward L. Hutchinson 
William Mayo 
Ambrose Durkin 
James J. Nolan 
Fred Shaffer 
S. Theo. Howard 
J. E. S. Kinsella 



W. R. Gregg 
Francis P. Heartsill 
William H. Waters 
Arch W. Monteath 
Lawrence Hart 
Harry Helwig 
John B. Fischer 



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